Sometimes a real gem slips through the cracks in eBay because the seller accidentally misspelled the name of the thing. Those are the auctions where you can really get a good deal because the item doesn’t show up on a regular search.

Here’s a little website I just heard about that takes you to an eBay search results page of possible misspellings. Pretty cool!

On eBay I once bought a a new Freud stile and rail set, with raised panel bit…It was $10. plus shipping. I was the only bidder, because it was listed only as a “Set of Drill Heads”. The seller was reluctant to ship, apparently was advised of his mistake too late to do anything about it, but he shipped them right out when I opened a Paypal dispute.I collect Stanley #45 planes, and bought a brand new set of 31 blades on eBay…for about $15, because they were “Record” instead of Stanley…you definitely can scan the entire tool category and sniff out a bargain with misspelled keywords…it pays to be vigilant!!Great topic, Eric!

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